Hamas wants guarantees of Israeli troop withdrawal before disarmament talks

alestinian militant group Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss giving up arms without guarantees that Israel will fully quit Gaza as laid out in a disarmament plan from U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace", three sources told Reuters.



Hamas' disarmament is a sticking point in talks to implement Trump's plan for the Palestinian enclave and cement an October ceasefire that halted two years of full-blown war.



A Hamas delegation met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday to give their initial response to a disarmament proposal presented to the group last month, two Egyptian sources and a Palestinian official said.



Hamas conveyed several demands and amendments to the board's plan, including an end to Israeli violations, implementation of all provisions and Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the two Egyptian sources told Reuters.